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Comment by eitland | Hacker News Reader

I love the original idea of Blendle, low price articles, no payment if you leave within a few seconds.

Haven't used it recently since they hadn't too many of the articles I wanted && I have a sneaking suspicion that refunds aren't as easy anymore.

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I tried it and didn't like the model. Paying per article is just crazy, it makes you feel like you have to watch what you're spending all the time. I'd rather a fixed amount that leads me read as much or as little as I choose

Is it somehow worse than browsing a bookshelf in a bookstore or the magazines in a kiosk?

No it's not worse. I think the author you replied to was stating that it's nicer to pay a flat fee and get unlimited viewing (itunes, google play, spotify, netflix, etc). Can we have that for journalism?

Apple News?

I'm genuinely intrigued by the promises of that service, but I'm not willing to pay $1000+ for hardware to access it.

Well, if you go iPad, $400 but point taken.

I don't understand the point you're making. If I was to read the same number of articles in blendle in a month, that I read for my fiver subscription, it would cost a lot more. The model doesn't work for me.

I do use Blendle, but my spend has dropped from ~$5/mo when I first signed up to barely a dollar, if that. They really need to get a wider variety of editors to cover topics beyond what would be popular op-eds on the Huff Post.

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